Labor Day Weekend 2017: Our First Houseboat Adventure!

For Labor Day, we booked a houseboat on Lake Mead! Aside from a baby who just couldn't sleep on the boat, we had a great time! Leading up to our excursion, Derek kept saying this would be an "adventure," and it certainly was!!

When we first boarded on Saturday morning, Derek & my mom worked together to get all of our stuff hauled on to the boat while I kept an eye on the kiddos. The girls had the BEST time running around the boat & checking out every little nook & cranny! They loved the beds & how they were up high, and there were two storage cabinets toward the back of the boat that were big enough for them to climb into..they were having so much fun! And side note: somehow my mom managed to not be in one single picture from our weekend on boat, but I promise she was there!

{pretending to drive while we were still docked} 

 {driving for real this time!}

 

 {Derek climbed up to the top of some rocks to get this shot of our boat in Bearing Cove--this was our home away from home for the weekend! What a view!!!!}

 

 {morning hike with the boat in the background}

 

{one of the best parts about the spot we stayed in was that every day we saw a few big horned sheep come down to the water to drink in the mornings & afternoons}

 {water slide off the back of the house boat..so fun!!}

 {Hadley caught a fish like 2 seconds after we got her pole in the water!}

 

{Derek caught a catfish!} 

{snuggled up for an afternoon movie} 

{Brady's turn to "drive!"} 

{All weekend Hadley kept asking if we were "still tied up," so we had to make sure she was front & center as Derek untied the ropes before we headed back to the marina} 

 

 

{Shelby's turn to drive!} 

{Hadley's turn!} 

{Back at the marina! And please note Hadley's bear in her "carrier"}

 

 

Brady & Hadley were both fast asleep within minutes after getting into our car on Monday afternoon! It was a fun, but exhausting weekend! My favorite memories from the trip were playing cards with the girls well past their bedtime on our first night under the stars, eating smores on the boat, seeing the big horned sheep each morning & afternoon, all of our uninterrupted time together! Travelling with kids is never easy, but it's always worth it! As happy as we were to go on our houseboat adventure, it was so good to get home to a good shower & our comfy beds! We all slept so good on Monday night!